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Ky. Author Rick Robinson On Hannity Tonight

Rick Robinson, lawyer and author from Fort Mitchel Kentucky will participate as part of the "Great American Panel Discussion" on the Sean Hannity cable television program tonight on the FoxNews channel.  Rick is the author of three books about a fictional Congressman from Kentucky's 4th Congressional District.

Rick's third book, "Manifest Destiny" has become of interest in Hollywood where efforts are underway to develop a movie based upon the international intrigue surrounding his main character, Richard Thompson and his interesting collection of friends and staff members.

"Hannity" airs at 9 pm.

 

Who's Shorting Oil?

When Barack Obama announced that he was going to release some of our Strategic Oil Reserves, the price of oil plummeted.  Those who had "shorted" oil stood to make a killing.  For those of us paying attention, the public story is rarely the real story.  Who is shorting oil?  Answer that question and open your mind.

Most of the political moves made in Washington DC, including decisions to enter or leave wars, are made to advance the private interests of some extremely powerful people.  What most of us cannot grasp is that there are extraordinarily wealthy people in the world who not only want wealth, but lust after the power which comes with massive wealth.

And this is not a new development.  It has been the case throughout the history of mankind.  Crusades and conquests were fought to gain power, enslave people and to capture their treasure.  Today's world operates the same way, with a few exceptions.

By keeping people ignorant of the facts, working in secrecy and allowing a controlled degree of liberty to exist, those who want to dominate world power and wealth can manipulate the system below radar much more effectively than by armed invasions.

The results are the same however.  The rest of us toil away with those at the top reaping the vast rewards of our labor.  And by "at the top" I don't mean America's "rich".  I mean the wealthiest people in the world, who own and control more than you or any "rich" American can even contemplate.  I'm talking about the kind of people who can personally finance both sides in a war, out of their pockets, to the tune of billions of dollars and not have even a fraction of their holdings at risk.

Oh, you don't know about them?  Well never look for them on the cover of Forbes or Fortune, you will never see them parading their riches on television or in the Wall Street Journal, and for good reason.

They buy and control the media to help cover what they do.

For more information about all of this, get yourself a copy of "The Creature From Jekly Island" and read it.  There's more to the world than meets the eye.

It Never Gets Old Being Right

The other day I was meditating about the lack of pragmatism in the TEA party movement.  Of course that was before Rand Paul took to the floor of the Senate in support of our rights and demonstrated why he is such a rare commodity, the kind of guy who combines principles, pragmatism and panache.

In my commentary last week I said this:

Many people yearn for the days of Donna Reed and Leave It To Beaver.  Our memories of life in an earlier time are shaped by a combination of factors.  Our brains choose to recall pleasant things more vividly than unpleasant ones.  And we tend to romanticize the past according to the images of it we share.  I didn't grow up in your house, and you didn't grow up in mine, but we can find enough commonality with "Mayberry" to use it as an icon of our past.  As a result we sometimes actually yearn for a past that didn't really exist as we remember it.

Then, this morning, as I was reading the dozen or so newspapers and scores of blogs I perused while preparing material for today's blog I ran across an article which attracted my attention.  I found these comments in it of particular interest.

[According to a] new study, published in The Journal of Consumer Research, ... It turns out that vivid commercials are incredibly good at tricking the hippocampus (a center of long-term memory in the brain) into believing that the scene we just watched on television actually happened. And it happened to us.

The scientists refer to this as the “false experience effect,” since the ads are slyly weaving fictional experiences into our very real lives.

At first glance, this experimental observation seems incongruous. How could a stupid commercial trick me into believing that I loved a product I’d never actually tasted? Or that I drank Coke out of glass bottles?

The answer returns us to a troubling recent theory known as memory reconsolidation. In essence, reconsolidation is rooted in the fact that every time we recall a memory we also remake it, subtly tweaking the neuronal details. Although we like to think of our memories as being immutable impressions, somehow separate from the act of remembering them, they aren’t. A memory is only as real as the last time you remembered it. What’s disturbing, of course, is that we can’t help but borrow many of our memories from elsewhere, so that the ad we watched on television becomes our own, part of that personal narrative we repeat and retell. [wired.com]

Somehow when I wrote tht piece last week I intuitively knew that our memories of life often contain romanticized details that maybe didn't really happen.  And in today's digital world, where videos, photos and written material can be manipulated and changed, even our present can be portrayed, broadcast and reported in modified form.

So when I urge you to buy a book, or to read a book, please do so.  What you see online can be altered with the press of a button.  What is in print remains, until banned, burned or forgotten.

Gift Ideas

Seriously, I have some items of my own, and others produced by friends which I would appreciate you considering as you finalize your Christmas shopping. 

In addition, I will be rolling out a brand new item on Monday, so save a few bucks and keep an eye out.

 

Great Christmas Idea: Rick Robinson's New Book "Manifest Destiny"

This is Rick's third political thriller, and man what a book.  Here is my three part interview with Rick, a long time friend, a true political insider and a very good author of a great book.

Pick up copies for your family, on sale now, at Amazon.com

A Fascinating Story On The Capture Of Saddam Hussein By An Eye Witness

A doctor now practicing in Florida was part of the team that captured Saddam Hussein from his hiding place.  He spent several hours talking with the brutal dictator in private and has written a book about it.  Here is an interview with him on the anniversary of the capture.  Very interesting read.

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